the weather is bad. the satellite photos are four days old. so this is a sliver of hope. it s going to require for the viewing public and reading public, listening public, it s going to require patience here because to find out whether this is a real debris from the plane, it s a matter of some days yet before ships will be there and we can really tell, i think. bob, in all of your reporting as we are learning about the size and scope of these objects, 78 to 79 feet for one of the objects, 16, 15 to 16 feet for the other object, does that match up in your mind to any other reports of water events concerning planes like this in your past history that you would say that sounds accurate? yeah, you get big pieces like that but the point is that the kind of pieces that are going to stay on the surface tend to be skin and so they are not going not apt to be of that much value in the investigation itself. their real value is at least
it s important to say they are not saying there is a specific threat, but what they are saying is there is a continued threat. certainly from al qaeda and affiliate organizations, and it notes that briefly al qaeda and the terrorists groups have linked their attacks to significant dates, and of course 9/11, there couldn t be anymore specific or significant dates than that. you know, i was just talking with a friend that said is this something that we should really, really be worried about. the state department issues these, randy, on a regular basis. in fact, this supplements another caution that was issued. it s the responsibility of the state department to warn americans who are abroad about this. that said, it is, of course, 9/11, very significant and the state department is saying there s a continuing threat out there. but it s not a travel alert for those here at home, it s for those who are traveling abroad or residing abroad? yes, that s what the state department d